Remember back when it didn't cost anything to visit a state park for the day? A senior Republican in the Washington Legislature says the state's budget surplus should make it possible for park access to be free again.Read More
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The vote, less than a week after the president approved a drone hit on an Iranian general, was mostly along party lines. In the Senate, Democrats are hoping to win GOP support for a similar measure.Read More
Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub says Facebook's "weak plan suggests the company has no idea how seriously it is hurting democracy."Read More
Canada's prime minister announced the preliminary finding a day after the Ukrainian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians. Iran denied the assertion, saying it is "impossible."Read More
In a nationally televised address from the White House, the president also announced a new round of what he termed "punishing economic sanctions" against the Tehran government. And he called on NATO to become "much more involved in the Middle East process."Read More
Iran says the airstrikes were carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.Read More
The former housing secretary backing the Massachusetts senator is the most high-profile endorsement yet from a former candidate.Read More
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S.Read More
Yang has a son on the autism spectrum and has been talking openly about the disability. But critics say his proposals lack policy heft and specificity.Read More
President Trump ordered the death of the best-known Iranian paramilitary commander in a move expected to yield shock waves across the world. What will happen now?Read More
Demonstrators threw stones and were met with tear gas during a second day of protests. Here are some of the keys to understanding what happened.Read More
Shame and taboo have kept many issues affecting women's bodies from getting the attention they deserve. Women are ready to start new conversations about their health. Read More
The former secretary of housing and urban development and former San Antonio mayor was among the first to advocate for decriminalizing illegal border crossings. Other candidates followed his lead. Read More
From smartphones to LBGTQ rights, here are some of the most memorable ways in which the world has changed over the past 10 years.Read More
On Friday, Trump shared a post that included the name of a former intelligence community official who many of the president's supporters believe is the whistleblower. Read More
As a late entrant in the Democratic presidential primary, Michael Bloomberg is not campaigning in the first primary states and is instead marshaling his billions of dollars into advertising.Read More
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a potential Republican swing vote, criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for working closely with the White House ahead of a Senate trial. Read More
The Oregon ranchers whose imprisonment helped spur an armed occupation in 2016 don’t have permission to graze on federal land after all. On Friday, a U.S. District Court rejected the Trump administration’s decision to restore grazing rights to Dwight and Steven Hammond, the father and son pair at the center of years of controversy in eastern Oregon.Read More
Buried in the report are a number of details and revelations that give readers an inside look at how Rep. Matt Shea reportedly operates behind the scenes. It’s a world of code names, encrypted communications and military-style directives.Read More
The Feb. 4 speech could be awkward for the president if the Senate is still considering articles of impeachment in a trial at the same time. It's also one day after the Iowa caucuses.Read More
The House Ethics Committee has rebuked Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state for misusing taxpayer money and ordered her to reimburse more than $7,500 to the U.S. Treasury.Read More
An internal report commissioned by Washington state legislative leaders and led by a former FBI agent, found that eastern Washington state Rep. Matt Shea engaged in "political violence" and "domestic terrorism" against rivals and helped plan the 2016 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation.Read More
The event will be broadcast on PBS, livestreamed on PBS NewsHour’s website and simulcast on CNN at 8 p.m. ET. It can also be viewed live in the PBS mobile app, and on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire stick apps.Read More
In a 7-to-2 decision, the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that individual state lawmakers are subject to the state’s Public Records Act (PRA) and therefore must disclose records such as emails and calendars. In doing so, the high court upheld a lower court ruling and delivered a significant victory to media outlets that sued over access to lawmaker records. Read More
Almost 21 years to the day since the House last debated impeaching a president, it is doing so again Wednesday.Read More
The panel that sets highway and bridge tolls in Washington is recommending the state follow Oregon's lead and phase in a pay-by-the-mile road tax to make up for expected declines in gas tax revenue. The nonbinding recommendation to the Washington Legislature from the state Transportation Commission drew flak from skeptical taxpayers and faces a bumpy road ahead in the 2020 Read More
Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, a protege of Paul Manafort, has provided important evidence to investigators and prosecutors in the Russia investigation and beyond. Read More
Congressional leaders unveiled new highlights for a fiscal year 2020 budget agreement. It boosts spending for census, federal workers and the military, election security, and border wall efforts.Read More
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and others say they won't attend next week's debate at Loyola Marymount University unless a subcontractor negotiates with striking culinary workers. Read More
After an abrupt end to a contentious day of debate, the panel reconvened Friday morning to pass the articles on party-line votes. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote next week.Read More
A proposal to change Yakima’s form of government by replacing the city manager with an elected mayor is off the table — at least for now. City council members voted Tuesday to remove the measure from the February ballot hours after two lawsuits were filed by a coalition of civil rights organizations. Read More
House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday morning, charging him with abuse of power in the Ukraine affair and obstruction of Congress.Read More
Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report enumerates multiple issues with the FISA application for former Trump aide Carter Page.Read More
The House Judiciary is holding a hearing on the findings of the impeachment inquiry, with attorneys for both parties. Chairman Jerry Nadler said at the start that the president "has broken his oath."Read More
The confrontation comes amid a week in which Biden appeared to be strengthening his standing as the Democratic front-runner. The exchange is not the first time Biden has got toe-to-toe with a voter.Read More
Thursday was supposed to be the day that a Washington state ballot measure to lower car registration fees took effect. But the state Supreme Court has let an injunction stand against what is known as the $30 car tabs initiative. That means hundreds of thousands of drivers will get full price bills in the coming months that they thought they had voted to reduce.Read More
The House speaker made the announcement Thursday morning at the Capitol, a day after the first hearing by the panel that would draft those articles. Republicans said the move "weakened this nation."Read More
A panel of four constitutional law scholars put the allegations against Trump in a historical and legal context. Three of the professors supported impeachment. One opposed it.Read More
In a barrier-breaking appointment, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has selected a Whatcom County judge to serve as the first known Native American justice on the state Supreme Court since its founding in 1889.Read More
Pyongyang did not elaborate on the statement, but in 2017, state media referred to North Korea's first test launch of an ICBM as part of a "package of gifts" for the U.S.Read More
With Justice Brett Kavanaugh replacing Anthony Kennedy, a clear conservative majority could make regulating guns very difficult.Read More
The inquiry into Trump's dealing with Ukraine is moving from fact-gathering to considerations of law. House Republicans are knocking the process as rushed, unfair and guided by anti-Trump fervor.Read More
"The Taliban wants to make a deal," President Trump said during his trip to Bagram Airfield, where he met with U.S. troops. "If they do, they do, and if they don't, they don't. That's fine."Read More
The Justice Department told a court it has realized there are more internal documents that it inadvertently failed to disclose before lawsuits over the now-blocked census citizenship question ended.Read More
A King County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that opponents had adequately argued that the measure's ballot title was misleading, and he issued an injunction. The challenge could eventually make its way to the state Supreme Court.Read More
The much-anticipated ruling could have implications for other key witnesses, such as former national security adviser John Bolton, who has refused to testify until a federal court weighs in.Read More
As expected, the initiative’s passage prompted legal action, led by Seattle-area governments and public transit supporters protesting a projected $4.2 billion cut in revenue for transportation and transit projects over the next six years. But there has been an unexpected addition to that Puget Sound-centric group: the Garfield County Transportation Authority.Read More
The Pentagon says the Defense Secretary asked for Spencer's resignation after "losing trust and confidence in him." Spencer said President Trump deserved a Navy chief "who is aligned with his views." Read More
Officials say Jerry Chun Shing Lee received more than $840,000 from Chinese officials in exchange for U.S. secrets. His Chinese handlers said they would "take care of him for life."Read More
The president has also been making an effort to meet with GOP senators. Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters that he wanted to make it clear that a trial couldn't be dismissed before it started. Read More
